810 Obituary. 



be, in octavo, 10s., in quarto, 1/, The Council also propose pub- 

 lishing the Abstracts of the Papers read at the evening meetings 

 of the Society, from the beginning of 1800, and which have been 

 printed in the Philosophical Transactions, provided two hundred 

 copies are subscribed for. The price of this work to Subscribers 

 will also be, in octavo, \0s., on large paper, 1/.: printed uniformly 

 with those which are now published for the present year. Persons 

 intending to subscribe are requested to inform the Assistant Secre- 

 tary, IVIr. Hudson, whether it is their wish to subscribe for either or 

 both of these works, and whether for the octavo or the quarto 

 edition; and in such case their early answer is particularly desired. 

 No subscriptions will be received after the 1st of July 1832. 



Mr. Babbage is preparing for the press a work on the " Economy 

 of Machinery and Manufactures." It is intended to comprise in a 

 small volume the results of his observations in the various mecha- 

 nical processes used in the arts, and also to explain the domestic 

 economy of the intei'ior of our great manufactories, by which the 

 cheapness of their products is insured. The latter chapters will be 

 devoted to the political economy of manufactures; and the prin- 

 ciples will be delivered in a form rendered popular by a continual 

 reference to practical illustrations. 



Mr. Bakewell has prepared for the press a fourth edition of his 

 Introduction to Geology, considerably enlarged by an account of 

 the most remarkable facts in the science that have been ascertained 

 since the date of his third edition, and by a review of modern geo- 

 logical theories. 



Elements of Mechanics ; comprehending the Theory of Equili- 

 brium and of Motion, and the first principles of Physical Astro- 

 nomy, together with a variety of Statical and Dynamical Problems. 

 By J. 11. Young. 



OBITUARY. 



Died on the 20th of February 1832, at his residence in Cold 

 Harbour, Gosport, Hants, in the seventieth year of his age, William 

 Burney, LL.D., and for many years an active magistrate of the county. 

 In early life he established a school at Gosport for the education 

 of young gentlemen destined for the navy and army ; and during 

 the war many of his pupils attained a sufficient age to appreciate 

 his valuable services as an accomplished scholar and a patient tutor. 

 Dr. Burney was the author of an extensive marine dictionary, and 

 other valuable works ; and the astronomical and meteorological 

 observations made at his observatory have long been familiar to the 

 readers of this Journal ; but we lament to say, that, on account 

 of his decease, they will be discontinued after the present Number. 

 He has left a widow, with a large family, and an extensive circle of 

 friends to deplore his loss ; and his son. Dr. Henry Burney, has 

 succeeded him in the Royal .'Icademy at Gosport, an institution 

 well known to the public, which, as mentioned above, he founded 

 in the year 1791, and which has flourished unprecedentedly to the 

 present time. 



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